The Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we went to the pumpkin patch with my family, we had so much fun. I look forward to this every year, but this year was even more fun because Sadie and Devin were there. Last year Devin couldn't come with us and Sadie was still inside me, needless to say this year was a lot more fun! We go to the pumpkin patch in Pleasant Grove called Hee Haws and love picking our pumpkins out of the patch, taking the hayride, searching for gourds, and going down the big slide.

Our family at the entrance

Sadie and I playing

Kyle and Devin racing down the big slide, the big and little kids had just as much fun on the big slide and yes dad I did beat you!

Sadie on a pile of pumpkins, what a cutie!

Grandpa pulling Carson and Sadie in the wagon. Carson was so cute holding on to Sadie making sure she was safe!

Thanks for another fun year at the patch!

11 Months

Her cute giraffe robe!

Her penguin that she loves and carries around with her 75% of the time!

Sadie is 11 months old, time goes by so quickly! She is really walking now, she walks every where and prefers it to crawling. She is still a little wobbly, but stays up most of the time! It is so fun to watch her walk and get excited about walking. We have noticed that she always likes to be carrying something in one hand when she is walking, usually it is either a ball or a stuffed animal. She is talking more and babbles to herself a lot. Her favorite word to say is still Da Da, but Ma Ma is happening a little bit more these days, she also loves to say "D" when she sees or we talk about dogs. Right now she is loving animals, especially dogs. Whenever we are on a walk and she sees a dog she gets so excited. This past weekend we were at my parents house and she just followed their dog Kosi everywhere. Now that she is walking she can actually keep up with her and just laughs whenever Kosi even touches her! Her favorite food at the moment is black beans, she loves them and gets upset if she runs out of them on her tray - we are trying to teach her patience, so far it hasn't been going so well! She was also introduced to candy, daddy let her suck a lollipop and now whenever she sees us with candy she wants it, Halloween should be interesting! We are loving this stage in her life, it is so fun to watch her change and grow everyday and we are just glad to be her parents!

I Love The Fall!!

I just love the fall, it is my favorite time of the year! I put out my fall decorations today and it made me SO HAPPY! I love the cinnamon smells of fall, the colors, leaves changing and falling, yummy breads and soups, fall clothes, fun family tradtions, being thankful, baking, and candles burning! It is just a magical time of year and I am so glad that it is here!

She did it!

Sadie has officially taken her first steps!!!! She has walked 3 or 4 steps by herself now several times, so I think we can now count it as her first steps! We are having so much fun watching her, keep walking Sadie, we are so proud of you. XOXOXO

Our Labor Day Trip to Duck Creek

For Labor Day Weekend we were able to go to Duck Creek (it's in Southern Utah) with Devin's whole family. There were 14 adults and 5 kids all in one house, it was really fun! It was really nice to all be together and to just be able to play! We played a lot of games, ate a lot of food, went four wheeling, fishing, of course watched the wonderful BYU game and just hung out talking and laughing. We always have so much fun when we are together. Sadie had so much fun with her cousins, she is the youngest but that did not stop her from trying to keep up with them! This was our view from the top of our 4 wheeler ride, it was beautiful.

Here is everyone fishing along the lake. This cabin is the perfect location because the lake is only a 5 minute walk up the trail. It was fun to be able to just go back and forth whenever we wanted to.

This is Sadie's new ride and her new favorite activity. She is so close to walking, so I thought it would be fun to get a walker for her. Some people in our ward were having a garage sale and had this little one that went from a car to a walker and they sold it to me for $5. I think is might be the best $5 I have ever spent. She loves it! The cabin had a big front porch on the front and she loved just walking back and forth or riding back and forth. All of the kids had scooters and bikes, so it was fun for them all to play on the porch.

It's so cute to watch her walk, I love it!

Here we are at the lake fishing.

Sadie and I at the lake, what a happy girl. She was so happy the whole trip, we are glad she is such a good traveler.

Sam and Camille, this is right after Camille caught her first fish.

Devin looking cute fishing, he was just reeling one in!

On Sunday afternoon we celebrated Camille, Diana and Brad's birthdays. Nicole planned this really fun butterfly party for the kids and they LOVED it. They all had so much fun playing games, going on a bug hunt and just running around. They are all at such a fun age and get so excited. Thanks Nicole for planning such a fun party, Sadie had a blast.

We had such a fun trip and miss everyone already, we can't wait until the wedding when we are all together again! Thanks Steve and June for providing such a wonderful weekend!

Wedding Flowers and Sleepless in Seattle!

In the first week of August Sadie and I were able to take a trip to Seattle. Our family friends, The Gamblins, son was getting married and they flew me up to Seattle to do the flowers for the wedding. Devin wasn't able to go with us and we missed him a ton!!! My parents and my brother and his family all came as well. The first couple of days we were there I pretty much did flowers most of the day, I think Sadie was pretty confused why I kept leaving her and not returning for hours, but she did have a great time with Grandpa and Grandma, cousins, aunt and uncle, and the Gamblins. It was hard for me to be without her, I missed her like crazy while I was doing the flowers. Thank you to everyone for your help watching Sadie while I was doing flowers!

The Bride and Groom outside the Seattle Temple with Alan and Jeri Gamblin (grooms parents)

The wedding cake, I thought it was such a cute cake!

Sophia with her bridal bouquet, she picked some really fun colors. Her dress was amazing, these pictures do not do it justice!

The day after the wedding we were able to go to the Seattle Aquarium and Pike's Place Market with just my family and we had a blast! Sadie loved the aquarium, here we are!

Sadie and I being scuba divers, it was hilarious she kept trying to chew on the wood cutout, my mom had to work hard for this picture!

Grandpa and Sadie outside the Aquarium on the docks. It was pretty cool while we were there and it made me excited for fall, I love the rain and I think I really could live in Seattle.

Sadie loved the big tanks. Here she is with her cousins Carson and Brynnley pressed up against the glass. She would squeal with delight as stuff swam by and tap on the glass. I think she could have stayed there all day, she was pretty mad when I made her move on to the next exhibit. It was really fun to watch her.

While we were in Pike's Place Market we just happened to eat at the same restaurant where they filmed a scene from Sleepless in Seattle. This just happens to be one of mine and Val's favorite movies, so we were pumped!! Here we are sitting in the exact stools that they sat on at lunch, we just kept saying that this made our day! I think it was fate that we were led there. We had a wonderful trip, it was fun to be able to do flowers, visit with friends and family, and see Seattle, but were very happy to come home and be with Devin. I don't think I can do another 5 days without him for a long while!

9 Months Old

So I am a little bit behind on blogging......Sadie was 9 months a couple of weeks ago, but I am finally getting around to documenting it! I can not believe she is this old, I always tell Devin that I want her to stay little forever, but she just keeps growing - I am loving this age. She doesn't seem to feel the same way because she is in a hurry to do everything. We went to our doctors appointment and Sadie kept showing off by standing up not holding on to things, walking around holding on to the furniture at the office and Dr. Witt kept saying, "Sadie what's the hurry." Needless to say she is our little active mover! She is standing up on her own, walking around holding on to anything that will support her (including other kids which I think scares some of the other kids because as she uses them to stand up sometimes she pulls their pants off! I am trying to stop that - We are working on it), and she is crawling all the way upstairs by herself. She was 18 lbs 7 oz (45%) and 28 1/2 in (83%), as for now she is tall, we will see how that pans out because when your mom is 5'1" I feel like she doesn't have a great chance at being tall.

Here she is with her Mohawk that daddy gave her in the bathtub. We seriously don't know what to do with her hair, but we love it. Her hair is crazy in the back, always sticking up like a rooster! I love when she wakes up from her nap and I go in because I never know what her hair is going to look like. As you can tell from the picture she loves taking baths and playing with her toys in the tub. After we get her undressed she crawls as fast as she can to the tub and stands by the side just bouncing with excitement waiting to get in. The bathroom is probably her favorite room in the house because she has discovered the toilet paper and thinks it is the best toy ever invented.

Everything goes into her mouth, somehow she seems to find the smallest piece of paper or leaf or whatever and puts it directly into her mouth. I can always tell when she has something because she sits and stares at me knowing she has something she should not have. I love that she has a guilty face, I hope that comes in handy in the years to come! She still just has the 2 bottom teeth, but that still does not stop her from biting everything! Her favorite word to say is still "DA DA", I love hearing her say it, it is so cute! Occasionally we get "na na" and "ma ma", but not that often, not often enough for me. Her little voice is too cute, I could listen to it all day.

She is still a good little eater. We finally got her a highchair and she loves it. Her favorite foods are; sweet potatoes, bananas, banana bread, yogurt melts, graham crackers, teething biscuits, and nutri grain bars. She eats anything we give her, we are so thankful! We gave her a salt and vinegar chip the other day because she really wanted it thinking that she would hate it. She licked it, made a hilarious sour face and then squealed with delight, she loved it! I can't believe the things she will eat. I gave her a bite of ice cream for the first time the other day and after her first bite she went "mmm", it was so funny! The picture above is her in her highchair with her teddy. She has started having days where she wants to take this teddy bear with her where ever she goes. That day she really wanted it to sit with her while she ate lunch!

This last picture is of her at her new favorite spot, the bottom of the stairs holding on to the gate. She would climb the stairs all day if we let her, so sometimes we have to put up the gate. She just waits at the bottom holding on until we take it down again, what a funny girl. I love being a mom and I am especially grateful everyday to be Sadie's mom. I can't wait for the next 9 months to see what adventures we have in store, we love you Sadie!